Re: Auto-negotiation - Out of business

[Bjørn Mork <bjorn mork no>]

poma <pomidorabelisima gmail com> writes:

> I guess the same should be considered for a 'speed',
> i.e. what is actually supported and advertised,
> so e.g. 10 Gb/s is not offered for 1 Gb/s device.

Maybe, but that is much more complicated to get right, since it will
depend on the transceiver. Many interfaces with pluggable transceivers
can support multiple transceiver types with non-overlapping speed
support. Do you want to reject a configuration which might be valid
tomorrow?



Bjørn